Quote from: narch on February 19, 2011, 08:12:29 PM
mu holds on for a 61-58 win @ su while cnu squeaks out a 3 point victory over the pride, giving the monarchs the #4 seed and a home tournament game...mu finishes the regular season at 10-15, 4-7...the season has been a nice improvement from last year's 3 win....umm....season

now i'd like to see this team make some noise in the tourney!

narch, and MU returns all 5 starters and 85% of their scoring next season.  dare i jinx it, but MU seems to have a group that SHOULD return next year (pencil it in like all USA South teams do).  averaging a similar rate, jernigan could finish as the 6th leading scorer in school history.  not getting ahead of ourselves here....but a win at home vs GC should be expected (although tough because they just did it a week ago) and a quick trip to beat the over-achieving and primed to be upset Bishops, sets up a MU @ FC final.  MU has a recent history of winning at Ferrum.  i could see the 6th NCAA tourney appearance in school history this season.  am i getting ahead of myself?  maybe, but regardless, 20 wins for MU in 2010-11.

this coming from a pure shooter....  in 7 mpg his senior season, drew bailey shot 39.5% from the field and 31.3% from 3.  it doesn't look like he was scorching the nets using his solutions/evolutions and playing his "non-streetball" type of ball in superior conferences and other gyms???

Quote from: notamensa on February 18, 2007, 08:57:01 AM

Quote from: roundbll on February 17, 2007, 11:44:31 PM
So if you're so done, maybe you'll do us a favor and log off after reading this for your last time...

i will make a deal with you. if more posters on this board want me to go away than do you, i will. but if they want your repulsive and obsessed postings to end, you do the same. agreed? i, for one, know where to go for song lyrics that have escaped me. i know what this forum is for and use it for its purpose. im sure you can find a website elsewhere to exercise your dementia.

so, how about it, usasac BASKETBALL posters? who do you want to go away, roundbll or notamensa?

how about PrideSportsBBGuy goes away and we call it a tie.  Seriously, you two bickering (while stupid) makes me laugh, but PSBBGY's ramblings filled with complete non-sense (and that god-awful stupid formula) makes me want to beat myself with my keyboard.

Quote from: GCGullett on January 24, 2007, 03:39:43 PM
Leroy--- The only reason that you are griping is because you didnt come up with the formuala. Also he has used his formula to put out a few spreads and they have been pretty close so it must not be too far off.

Gullett--- The only reason you are griping is because you can't spell formuala, tournovers, and commiting....and you must think inplication is a word.

Quote from: PrideSportBBallGuy on January 23, 2007, 11:37:49 PM
Week 9 Power Rankings (Through Tonights games)

Greensboro
CNU
Averett
NC Wesleyan
Ferrum
Methodist
Shenadoah

I will say after this weekend.  I will go out on a limb and say whatever week 10 rankings are, WILL be the way the conference finishes.

And if they are not you can just change the formula after the season so they match up right.

Quote from: PrideSportBBallGuy on January 13, 2007, 10:23:34 PM
To let everyone know that follows my power rankings.  I tweaked them up again.  I put my numbers in from the games today.  I didn't like how it added up.  My old way would have kept CNU in second dropping AU all the way down to 3rd.  I couldn't see how the rankings could be valid with CNU only having 9 wins to 10 for AU.  My last tweak added an offense efficiency.  CNU has the best right now at 55% and CNU PPG shows that.  This new tweak was a defense efficiency and CNU is at 44% (the worst in the conference) which does reflect that they give up about the most at OPPG.  The new tweak takes the avg to get an "overall team efficiency" and i multiply it by my raw score.  To get my new rankings.  It looks like teams that are 50% on offense and 50% on defense are around .500 in terms of winning percentage.  I think that makes some sense.  Teams that tilt higher on either side (offense or defesnse) are above .500.

Let me get this straight...

You developed a statistical formula to rank the teams, then you looked at the results and disagreed with the statistical rankings (assumingly, based on your personal assumptions).  So then you tweaked a statistical variable to make the new rankings align similarly with your personal assumptions?

Why not just save yourself the trouble of crunching numbers all day and just publish a "personal assumptions ranking" instead of a "power ranking"?  I think the folks at the Gallup Organization would have issues with your process.

P.S. Narch- proberb...funny stuff.

QuoteOne thing is, you can't expect the absence of the D3 POY to be a trivial factor. 

Anyone know why Adair didn't play against HSU?  Will he be back soon?

Quote from: Rhodes Scholar on March 04, 2006, 12:52:07 PM
I saw Baruch go down in flames last night against Villa Julie, 86-71. Baruch led 55-52 with 10:28 remaining and then collapsed down the stretch. The Bearcats deserved to lose. The Mustangs were not only the better team last night, they're probably the better team period.

Villa Julie came to play and got the job done during crunch time. They are more athletic and bigger than Baruch. Anthony Fitzgerald is a beast and Kerry Dugan is a pretty good big man. Plus Phillip Williams, Chris Warren and Jason Lambert are all quick and can shoot the ball.

Baruch played very well for most the season but faltered down the stretch. When the games mattered most--the conference championship game and the NCAA tournament game--the Bearcats came up short.

anybody want to fill me in on Baruch in 06-07?

Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 28, 2006, 07:25:58 PM

Quote from: warped on November 28, 2006, 07:10:21 PM
i believe LETU is a better ball club this year, Hardin Simmons returned most of their starters if not all, i mean..they were not pre season #1 for nothing

I think that the assessment that I heard was that this year's LeTU is "not your father's old LeTU".

Still one of the funniest nicknames I heard on this board some time ago....LeTournover

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 05, 2006, 11:10:05 PM
The Midwest/Great Lakes hates the up-tempo style of play.  Look at the ridicule that is foisted upon teams that play up-tempo (Nolan Richardson style) or Grinnell's systems.

Well, a strong inside neutralizing presence will permit the up-tempo to succeed.  However, if MissColl needs to handle a slower pace, then that falls on Winford's shoulders to neutralize the inside-out game..

Not sure about this comment?  Saying an entire region (especially a region that has dominted the D3 championships) hates up tempo basketball would be a bit extreme.  Actually, having seen a fair amount of ASC and Midwest D3 basketball I would say MC is one of the most "Midwest" type teams.  That is because they have great fundamentals, rebound well, play hard, and attempt to shoot a good percentage. 

I feel the Midwest gets the unfair rap of playing "slow" basketball, when in fact they play "smart" and "good" basketball...as does MC.  While the style is slower up North, many teams in the Midwest play up-tempo and many teams down South slow it down.  To say the entore region HATES up tempo is too extreme.  Grinnell would get the same criticism anywhere.  I do feel the Midwest emphasizes team play and hustle more than other regions.

That being said, I think MC will win that regional and I hope they win the National Championship.  I have seen Lawrence, Wooster, and NC Wesleyan and a MC National title is possible this year.   

seldon the MVP.

announers call it "a game you will never forget"

CNU coach said "never been a part of a better game"

CNU wins by 1 in OT

Quote from: narch on February 25, 2006, 09:54:35 AM
here is the question - if cnu were to win the usasac, does au have any chance of a bid in an expanded tournament? - i haven't done much research on their qowi, but i imagine it's relatively low because so many of the usasac teams had poor regional records - i think they were at around a 9 qowi last week, and the wins against su and mc didn't help that much, so i'm sure they are a longshot, but 20-8 overall and 16-6 in region are pretty nice win totals - i doubt there is a pool c for them, but they certainly would have a better chance than cnu if they were to lose in the finals

From what I've heard the loser of today's final has a 0% chance of a pool C bid (despite the extra bids this year).  It will be winner take all. 

PERDICT- AU in a close one.

Quote from: mcm_indians on February 23, 2006, 01:30:50 PM
My prediction is that Mississippi will beat Mary Hardin Baylor in the final.  UMHB is playing relly good basketball right now and they will take that into the championship.

Other predictions:
West POY-  Hooper (carried the team when everybody thought they were out of it)
Defensive- Jean (4 blocks a game)

1st team:  hooper- SR
                 jean- HSU
                 Wheeler- HPU
                  k. johnson- HPU
                  McGuire-  HPU

2nd:  Deans- Su
         Oliver- UMHB
         Pickelman- HSU
         Colina-  McM
         Maxwell- CUA

whats everybody else's opinion?
                 

3 HPU on 1st team?  That seems unlikely.  Is Jean ahead of Pickelman?

Quote from: kid nice on February 23, 2006, 12:50:48 PM
I'm sure if the NCAA can save a dollar on travel they will. My last year at MC they sent us to Millsaps (only a few miles away) and then back to McM for the second round which i'm sure saved them some money. All they are really worried about is the D1 tourney

True, but your missing my point.  Yes, they save a dollar whenever possible- AFTER picking the most qualified teams.  I'm pretty sure distance and money have no bearing on who gets in, it just screws them AFTER they get in.